Sunday, November 15, 2015

Ah, November. That time of the year when it gets dark early. When I start to think my ideas that had me all fired up earlier in the year are maybe not so great after all.

Take the 90's sweater that I thought might become a skirt:

No, I think not.
Every year, I used to get all freaked out that I was undergoing an artistic block.
Then I started to realize that it's cyclical and seasonal.
I'm in my inward part of the year, less energetic, less social.
Bear with me.The key words for this week are: Canary / Dissipation / Connection
Do what you can with them! Link and tell!

Sunday, November 1, 2015

It's Sunflowerweek on 52 Pick-me-up!
Also Sunflower (ie Golden) Yellow is Coreopsis seen here in an old photo from when I lived on Hudson Street in Pasadena (1988?-93):

Another flower this same color is the California Poppy, a flower that never fails to give me great Joy.
If you live in SoCal, now is the time to plant it, before the rains start.
Hopefully, there WILL be rains this year.

(From the same garden)

It's also the color used on highways and streets:

My street was recently repainted. I witnessed it.

This was my "Halloween" outfit for both Thursday and Saturday.
I bought the scarf exactly 25 years ago in Patzquaro, Mexico.

The tee has a graphic reminiscent of a Día de los Muertos sugar skull.
It's from Bleeding Heart Bakery, Chicago, now closed.

Today is Día de Muertos, a day to remember loved ones who have passed.

Sunday, October 25, 2015

I had pulled the leggings for TOPAZ week, but was having trouble styling them.
Why not go full pattern on pattern?
Time will tell if this look leaves the back patio. Courage, right?

How about the shoes????

I have been bragging on Pinterest and Facebook about these treasures.
Snagged Friday at a local charity shop (Silver Lining on Washington Blvd in Culver City) for $60.
They are the most beautifully made pair of footwear I have ever handled.

Word of warning -- don't stay inside the mall past 8:45.
I couldn't retrace my steps through Macy's to get to my car.
I had to go outside the mall.
I got totally lost and wandered around A LOT -- make that A LOT of LOTS.
Not fun. Scary even.
Del Amo is huge and everything looks the same in the dark.
Single woman wandering around in the dark, random dudes lurking in dark corners, construction crews...
Seriously, I had to use my phone's GPS to locate where I had parked.

Hello car! So glad to finally find you! Glad that I remembered that I parked near Sears.

Anyhow, this weekend is definitely the time to stock up on basics at UNIQLO.From the comfort of your home.
Unless you want to try your luck finding ONE DOLLAR SOCKS!

Disclosure: I was invited to the store preview. The salad was free. Everything else I paid for.

Sunday, October 18, 2015

It's the start of seven weeks of yellow tones here on 52 Pick-me-up.
The colors are named by Tori Hartman for her Chakra Wisdom Oracle. [links here]
The interpretations are my own.
Here's what I decided back in June:

Sun, Topaz, Sunflower, Lemonade, Canary, Bronze, Gold

This week our prompt is Sun Yellow. How is that different from Canary?
Here's what Tori says: Sun Yellow is the brightest and boldest. Canary Yellow is yellow in its purest form.

OK, so I still have four weeks to get something sewn up in my 90's yellow, black, and red plaids:

The item on top is a sweater that I'm going to turn into a skirt.

The other two are both woven yardage, the middle has spandex added.

That leaves me with the Sun Yellow jingle jangle skirt, which I still haven't decided what to do with.
Here it is, as a skirt, in days of yore:

Friday, October 16, 2015

On Tuesday, I attended a fashion show at Union Station, hosted by Fashion Biz Inc.
I went with the intention of sketching the runway, but did not do too well.
I had a fantastic seat at the foot of the runway (thank you Kelly!) but it was very dark and I couldn't see what I was doing!